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some yes, but it is not very modern. Compare Fleming with Elmore Leonard, to use an extreme example. One is very.modern, the other one more old fashioned. Not to say that one is better than the other, but they are very different. Because Fleming's references belong to another time.
Diamonds Are Forever Is underated
Benson is Underated
Carte Blanc as an idea ( a revamped bond in the modern world 00 branc being dark and mysterious etc) was perfect it's execution was really bad.
I have no intention of reading Solo any time soon.
Devil May Care is horrible
I never got into the Gardner novels
Colonel Sun is not only a great book but should be made into a bond film.
Very much agree.
I agree. The physical descriptions in books by other authors pale in comparison to the Master, Ian Fleming.
The Poker game in the film is more tense and better executed then the Baccarat game in the book.
One thing I love about Fleming is how he can make simple descriptions of a card game more exciting than any full contact sport. I remember being really impressed by the Baccarat game when I first read CR.
Yeah well the Baccarat game in the book is certainly top-notch. It is very exciting material, but the film version trumps it.
Not so controversial IMHO. I ignore them as a standard policy.
No way. The film version was comparatively dull and kept getting interrupted by Mathis explaining things to Vesper. That's the problem with poker, whereas baccarat is a simple game that can explained within a minute, leaving the reader to enjoy Bond and LeChiffre's card duel on their own.
Kept getting interrupted? Like two or three three-second cut-aways? Didn't bother me in the slightest. The card sequence is one of the very greatest extended segments in all Bond.
One could make a stronger case for it being the worst Bond novel.
That is why it is controversial. My opinions often are, but I am sure no one noticed before.
If it hadn't been for the lame ending I would agree. But that spoils it for me...
What is lame abut it, dear trønder?
I love both the film and book sequences. Both Fleming and Campbell and his crew respectively made simple card games just as exciting and tense as an action set piece.
I still need to get a hold of this. My no.1 priority in the Bond world.
I just find it to be a dissatisfying climax after all that build up. And call me stuffy and sensitive, but I'm not mad about the "lesbian sub plot" either. Not to mention the inplausibilities of Goldfinger's plan as a whole. It's just... meh...
But I would say the rest of the book contains some of the best passages Fleming ever wrote.
Upon my one reading, I was not terribly impressed. I have no strong desire to read CS again, but have read all of the Flemings many times.
Yes, the final third of the book makes the film DAD look like a Brian Lamb interview on CSPAN.
Lesbian subplots and implausibilities should be in every book, they are even in the bible, but glad you enjoy the rest of the book. The beginning is the best ever besides Casino Royale.
Yes, you should add it to this thread: http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/9500/james-bond-story-add-one-sentence#Item_12
Carte Blance was ok but it Should of been better
Devil May Care is Bad but is not as bad as solo
Can we just have modern spy thrillers featuring 007 In our time is that really so bloody impossible
This is why Charles Cumming should write the next continuation novel.
They were considerably longer than that--long enough to be annoying interruptions in what was already the most tedious gaming sequence in the Bond films. A more imaginative director could have done wonders with the original baccarat match.
Perhaps, but let's face it - Campell and imagination is probably what one calls an oxymoron.
Pah. It was a masterpiece and has been recognized as such by many a critic. That a director could make a bleedin' card game, for Christ's sake, the very essence of a static event, as intense and riveting as Campbell did is a testament to his skill and the quality of the acting.